Illinois
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Independent City or Town
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Strongly Democratic
- Unions, Organized Labor?
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Probable
- Was there an ordinance?
- Yes, Strong Oral Tradition
- Sign?
- Yes, Strong Oral Tradition
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People
Census Information
Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1860 | ||||||||
1870 | ||||||||
1880 | ||||||||
1890 | 51 | |||||||
1900 | 3546 | 3479 | 67 | |||||
1910 | 3590 | 69 | ||||||
1920 | 3568 | 52 | ||||||
1930 | 3491 | 15 | ||||||
1940 | ||||||||
1950 | 4462 | 10 | ||||||
1960 | ||||||||
1970 | ||||||||
1980 | ||||||||
1990 | 4943 | |||||||
2000 | 4971 | 4899 | 7 | |||||
2010 | ||||||||
2020 |
Method of Exclusion
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
Recently as late as 1971 a Black family was burned out. (According to a local resident)
One longtime resident from a nearby town said KKK activities there when she was a child (approx. 1920’s).